New Release Round-up,
New Release Round-up - 24th November 2017
It’s a particularly strong week for DVDs and Blu-rays, with a rare outing for Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tale of Tsar Saltan from the Mariinsky Theatre, Àlex Ollé’s new staging of Der fliegende Holländer (set in contemporary Bangladesh) from the Teatro Real de Madrid, and a starry Figaro from La Scala. Other highlights include the recording debut of a promising new piano trio, a thoughtful tribute to the late Sir John Tavener, and two early 100th birthday-presents to Leonard Bernstein.
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
The Choir of King's College Cambridge & Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Cleobury
Released in anticipation of next year's Bernstein centenary, this recording offers a rare opportunity to hear one of his best-loved choral works in the composer's own version for choir, organ, percussion and harp.
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (Remastered at 192kHz/24-bit)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein
In anticipation of Bernstein's centenary next year, Deutsche Grammophon present his legendary Beethoven cycle in 5.0 Surround Sound, supplemented with transcripts of Bernstein’s introductions to the symphonies from his 1980 TV broadcasts and an essay about Bernstein and Beethoven by Jed Distler.
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
99 Words
Voce Chamber Choir, Matthew Barley (cello), Simon Russell Beale (narrator), James Sherlock (organ), Suzi Digby
The title-work (receiving its world premiere recording here) is a setting by Roxanna Panufnik of Tavener's final message to his family before his death in 2013. The album also includes the first recordings of Tavener's Maha Maya and Look in thy Glass, and an improvisation on themes from his works by cellist Matthew Barley.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps & Debussy: La Mer (DVD)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Daniele Gatti
Reviewing the live performance at the Concertgebouw in January of this year, BachTrack observed that ‘It was a true achievement of Daniele Gatti and his Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam that he was capable of finding a new dimension in this familiar music, like the transcendence from the beauty of the Faune…towards the beastly energy of Sacre.’
Available Format: DVD Video
Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps & Debussy: La Mer (Blu-ray)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Daniele Gatti
Reviewing the live performance at the Concertgebouw in January of this year, BachTrack observed that ‘It was a true achievement of Daniele Gatti and his Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam that he was capable of finding a new dimension in this familiar music, like the transcendence from the beauty of the Faune…towards the beastly energy of Sacre.’
Available Format: Blu-ray
Formed at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2009, this dynamic young piano trio 'without a name' make their recording debut with Brahms's Third Piano Trio - one of the first pieces which they ever performed together - plus Beethoven and Takemitsu.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
To celebrate her fifteenth anniversary with Naïve, the French pianist juxtaposes the great Bach Chaconne and Italian Concerto with homages to the composer by Poulenc, Roussel and Liszt, plus four new works by Thomas Enhco (b.1988).
Available Format: CD
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (DVD)
Carlos Álvarez, Diana Damrau, Golda Schultz, Markus Werba, Marianne Crébassa; Teatro alla Scala, Franz Welser-Möst
Reviewing Frederic Wake-Walker's new production from La Scala last October, the Financial Times singled out Damrau's Countess for delivering 'a performance of special gravitas' and Golda Schultz's Susanna for her 'silken purity of tone'.
Available Format: 2 DVD Videos
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Blu-ray)
Carlos Álvarez, Diana Damrau, Golda Schultz, Markus Werba, Marianne Crébassa; Teatro alla Scala, Franz Welser-Möst
Reviewing Frederic Wake-Walker's new production from La Scala last October, the Financial Times singled out Damrau's Countess for delivering 'a performance of special gravitas' and Golda Schultz's Susanna for her 'silken purity of tone'.
Available Format: Blu-ray
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